For this assignment, students are required to Write a Paper and Create a Video Report on an interview with a healthcare professional.
Select a topic from the list below [must be a different topic from the one you chose for Assignment #l] or clear a topic with the Instructor beforehand.
The purpose of this assignment is to raise the awareness of a specific employee in a specific health care setting regarding a potentially critical aspect of his/her responsibilities. Target the right issue, the correct employee. In other words, the employee should be either a head nurse or senior administrator thus your discussion should be as you are interviewing specific employees on their specific responsibilities and the specific consequences of failing in those responsibilities.
For example: The False Credentials paper issue would be for HR offices while the Critical Event might be for operating room technicians. Patient Treatment Consent might be a good paper for a Palliative Care Organization or an Oncology Clinic discharge planning staff. The paper must discuss accurate information for the setting with full consideration of the relevant state and federal laws with citations that are accessible by the instructor. The paper can ask questions and use graphics to deliver certain points of information but the graphics must be an addendum to the paper and not in the body of the paper. The paper should include in its conclusion “For more information about this issue…” and include a reference or references in your Conclusion.
WRITE THE PAPER.
Outline: Must use the headings from the outline below in your paper and the paper must be in a narrative form not outline or bullet format. A penalty will be deducted from paper if underlined headings not used in your paper.
1. Purpose of Paper, topic chosen, applicable Federal and/or state laws
State the purpose of the paper and discuss why you chose the particular topic, and provide the official title of the applicable federal and/or state law, the statute and section number. Must be either a federal/state statute and you must cite both, if applicable. Thus if there is both a federal and state law that covers the subject you selected, then you must cite both the applicable federal and a state law. Summarize in this paragraph the relevant language from the law that applies to your issue. If there is a relevant health care organizational policy that you can find, then please add that also. Do not assume that there is just a federal and or state law. In most cases, there are both federal and state laws. You must use the laws cited in this section throughout the rest of the paper.
2. The specific targeted employee group and specific health services setting
Pick a specific health care setting and specific employee within the health care setting and then discuss, in detail, why you picked the specific employee and the specific health care setting. Examples of health care settings are the ER, the OR, nursing facilities, etc. Specific employee group may include doctors, nurses, program administrators, etc. Please be mindful to tailor your assignment to a specific employee and specific health care setting. Do not discuss your topic in general terms.
3. Discussion of Three Critical Aspects of Employee’s responsibilities
You are trying to improve the quality of care in your health care organization. Thus, in this discussion area, you are using the information you gathered from interviewing a specific employee about their specific responsibilities and the specific consequences of failing in those three responsibilities. You must discuss at least three (3) specific employee critical responsibilities. You must also specifically relate the applicable federal and/or state law as to the specific consequences [you may also add relevant hospital policies as well if found] for failing in each of those responsibilities and provide citations to support the consequences. Be sure and include in the discussion the relevant law and hospital policies. Describe how each of them is relevant to the employees’ critical responsibilities. The outline below is to help you organize your thoughts but you must use a narrative format to discuss each area. Be sure and use my underlined headings below.
a) Discussion of Employee Specific Critical Responsibility 1
b) Discussion of Employee Specific Critical Responsibility 2
c) Discussion of Employee Specific Critical Responsibility 3
4. Conclusion – Provide a summary of employee’s critical responsibilities, consequences and the impact failing in those critical responsibilities may have on the quality of health care. Also, add a statement “For more information about this issue…” and include a reference or references for further information on the issue you discussed.
5. References
End of headings
The paper must be:
Example of an in-text citation:
(Ernst, & Young, 2000 p14).
Example of the source cited on Reference page in APA format:
References
Healthcare Financial Management Association (U.S.), Ernst, & Young. (2000). Health care system reform: A provider perspective: survey results. Westchester, Ill.: Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Paper will be 4-5 pages in length not counting cover page and reference pages.
Grading rubric for Paper Assignment 3 is with the assignment in the Assignment area of class.
CREATE A VIDEO REPORT BASED on an INTERVIEW. Students should identify a specific healthcare employee that has responsibilities to carry out the topic selected. Students should then interview the employee and video record the presentation based on the paper you write.
Interview
Questions for Assignment #3
Hello My Name is
[insert your name]
and this interview is being conducted for HMGT
372 –Legal
and
Ethical
Issues
in Healthcare for the
Spring 2018 class. I am here today
with
[insert name of your interviewee]
who has worked at
[insert name of interviewee’s
place of employment]
for
[insert years of employment]
as a
[insert name of interviewee’s
position].
Hi
[insert
name of interviewee]
thanks for allowing me to interview you.
Can you tell us about your current job
ie.,
what are your
general
responsibilities, how
many employees do you supervise, etc ?
Do you have any
specific
responsibilities for
[insert name of your topic
ie.,
medical
charting violations]?
What federal/state laws
do you have to comply with in order to carry out this
responsibility?
Can you discuss 3 critical responsibilities you have under [insert your topic]?
What are the consequences if you or someone on your staff
fails to
comply with
[insert
topic]?
Are there administrative consequences?
Are there legal consequences?
How do you keep up to date on new laws and regulations regarding
[insert topic]
to
ensure compliance?
How would you define a successful
[name of interviewee’s position
ie.,
administrator]?
Thank you for your time. You have been most helpful.